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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-08

whether TO 20 ahead or not IL good team
is secured, work ought 10 be commenced az
once. but In the face Of the balance sheets OIL
last teason 1t Is hard TO decide whether 70
risk 1t once more or not. It Is evident that
the management are at a loss 10 decide now
the base ball public in this city will support
them II they go ahead and make up a team,
and 1t seems as If those who wish TO see the
city represented next year ought 20 make
themselves heard In some way and lend their
Influence towards turning the scale in favor
OF a club. The standard of the New Eng
land league will be high next season as can
be seen from the players that are being
signed by other clubs. Everything tends
toward the best set of clubs ever put togeth-
er In New England, and Portland ought TO
be among them. Manager Spence can be
secured without much doubt and with such
team as he can get together, playing
against the strong teams the other cities are
organizing, base ball would be much more
interesting than IL has been the past season
in this city But will the Portland public
support a team in a way that will allow 1t 10
pay its expenses? This Is the question that
puzzles, and all base ball sympathizers who
would like to see a team here should make
known TO the management their ideas anden-
sure them the support that will guarantee a
good team
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Evading the Georgia Law.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. THE Atlanta wine
rooms are selling wine and allowing it to be
drunk on the premises. They take the po-
sition also, that they can sell bottle of wine
and a man can take his drink out of it, have
the bottle set back ON the shelf, and when he
wants another drink come in and call for his
bottle. This is the result of decision rem
dered by the supreme court in the case of
Bieser VS.. the State. 1t was carried up
from the city court. Bieser was prosecuted
for selling wine by the quart and allowing it
to be drunk on the premises. Judge Van
Epps ruled that this was an evasion of the
law. The supreme court holds that "a sale
Of wines by retail means the sale in quanti-
ties less than a quart. 1t is such sale
which is prohibited. and not the drinking of
wine in the bar room; and, therefore, when
one sells domestic wines in quantities not
less than quart, and suffers others to drink
it upon the premises, this does not constitute
retailing or make the seller guilty of viola
tion of this act.
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CHAMBERLAIN IN AMERICA.
The British Commissioner to be Cow
erned by Circumstances.
No More Speeches to Excite the
Toronto Globe.
The Distinguished Guest Surprised
at Some American Institutions.

NEW YORK, Nov. THE Cunard steamer
Etruria, with Hon. Joseph Chamberlain on
board. arrived today. Chamberlain was
taken to the Brevoort House from the yes
sci. In an interview he said "0f course, as
a diplomatist, l can not state anything def
mite as to the exact course of action l am
going to take up in my efforts to make an
amicable settlement of the existing unpleas-
antness. And about the fisheries, it de-
pends very much on circumstances anyway,
and had formulated any definite plans they
would, as likely as not, have to be subjected
to considerable attention but don't see why
quickly and easily. Two countries situated
as England and America are, even though on
the most friendly terms with each other,
must have occasional clashes of interests.
How could it be otherwise? This Is just
such an occasion; the pure outcome of cir
cumstances, which must be modified TO pre-
vent similar clashes in the future.
Il intend to stay here some time. / VIII
remain in New York few days, and later,
should there come an adjournment in the
work of the commission, / intend TO spend
a couple of months studying the institutions,
ETC., of your country. | intend TO do that
anyway, whether before or after i have
completed my direct official business. don't
think will write book about America.
The best medium Of expressing my thoughts
Mr.. Chamberlain was next asked for an
expression Of opinion on the Irish question,
but asked to be excused, and, continuing.
said: II am here as diplomatist. to say
nothing whater about my opinions ON home
politics during the continuance of my mis-
sion here. If any interviews with me on
that subject is published it will be entirely
unauthorized, as intend to express no pub
lie opinions relative to it during the whole of
my stay in this country"
In conclusion Mr.. Chamberlain said: 81
don't think New York is a bit like London
or any other English town. We have no ele-
waited railways over there, and the streets
are very much different. We complain lit
tie of our overhead telegraph wires at home,
but my goodness, i never saw any anything
like the forests of poles and wires that you
have over here"
NewfoundIand's Commissioner.
MONTREAL, Nov. IA special dispatch to
the Gazette from st. Johns, Newfoundland,
states that the Hon. James Winter. Attor-
ney General of Newfoundland. has been
appointed to represent that colony on the
Fisheries Commission. He has already left
for Washington.
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Colby University.

Friday the Junior class elected the follow
Ing officers:
President-Henry b. Woods.
Vice President-HenTy w. Tappan.
Secretary and Treasurer-Lincoln Owen.
Orator-David +. Smith.
Poet-Hattie NJ. Parmenter.
Historian-John p. Pepper.
Toast Master-Frank L. Nye.
Marshal-James King.
Awarder of Przes-Parker p. Bureigh.
Committee Of Arrangements-Nelso 8. Bur-
bank, Eugene L. Sampson, Hiram e. Farnham.
Committee on Odes-Edward Il. Stevens, Par
menter, Mary L. Tobey.
Professor Rogers left Waterville yesterday
to attend the meeting of the National Acad-
emy of Sciences, of which he is a member.
The meeting will be held in New York the
present week. Professor Rogers will read a
paper before the Academy; subject. "The
Behavior of Metals under Variations of
Temperature"
The smaller Junior was burned Friday
night
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Bath News.
BETTER THAN DE ELESSEPs.
How Americans Will Connect thu
Atlantic and Pacific.

NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-Engineer r. E.
Peary, of the United States Navy, who has
been busy here for the last few days with
the equipment of an expedition to make the
final survey for the Nicaragua Canal route,
has much interesting information regarding
the new engineering company under his
command. which will sail from New York
on November 26, and regarding the project
in general
Mr.. Peary is wiry young man of dis
tinctive American type. He made an expe-
dition to Greenland merely for his own
amusement and appears to be blessed with
a constitution which can endure with equal
indifference the frigid regions of the Pole or
the enervating miasma on the Isthmus. He
has already passed three months on the
Isthmus, and says that he liked the climate
there.
This expedition is not under the auspices
of the government, as has been the case
with several which have preceded it," sa i'd
Mr.. Peary. ut has been organized by the
Nicaragua Canal Construction Company as
preliminary to the actual excavations for
the canal"
Has the right of way been settled with
the Nicaraguan government
"Yes; the company paid 100000 last
spring for the concession. The surveys
MenOcal for the United States government
have virtually laid down the route, and the
present expedition will only have to arrive at
the details. We expect that six months will
| give us ample time to complete this branch
| of the work, and the excavating will be
begun immediately afterward."
In reply to question as to how long 1t
would take to build the canal, Mr.. Peary
replied: 1T will be ready to convey ships
| from ocean to ocean in at most six years.
| The distance by our route across the
| Isthmus is 40 miles; but of this we have
| only to construct about 40 miles, as Lake
| Nicaragua supplies us with Sc miles of nav
| igable water; the San Juan River gives us
| GA miles, and the valley of the Rio San
| Francisco, which we can render navigable al
| small expense, will give us ten miles,"
You will only have about twenty miles of
| canal to build then, at each side of the
Isthmus, to connect with the natural water
| route?"
Exactly; and we shall have none of the
| deep cutting which is so fatal to the fnan.
cial praeticabilily of the canal of M. DE Les
| seps at Panama"
| s'Do you regard that enterprise as hope
| less, then ?" asked the reporter.
1.-The engineering feat of the great count
will doubtless be accomplished. but at SC
| enormous an outlay that it can never be
made profitable. The Nicaragua Canal can
be completed at cost of $65,000,000
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will be no more. An age when poor man
will be as promising a candidate for political
Office as the millionaire. An age when
school boys will laugh at inidels who pro,
claim the exploded dogma of atheism. Whed
gun factories will be turned into plane mills,
and the churches will be thronged by truth
loving and seeking masses. An age when
the laws Of health will be generally obeyed
and no town will need more than one physL
clan; when the laboring classes will have
more leisure, and the school teacher will be
appreciated. An age when the worst In
man will yield to the best that is in him, and
ignorance will succomb to education. Such
brilliant thoughts.
In conclusion Mr.. Hallock apostrophized
the coming age of gold, when education,
moral and spiritual culture will build up and
enable The race.
Next Monday evening Shaw's Quartette
will give a concert, aided by Mr.. A. w.
Aver as elocutionist.
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Do the wholesale groeers and manufacture
ers Of grocers' goods understand the .Ius IN IN
wardness of the grOcers' excursion 70 EeM
York; The wholesale grocers ana man .ais.. uiae.
turers of New England should appreciate
this effort on the part Of the publisher Of the
New Fngland Grocer 20 carry the trade OF
New England to New York. lt Is hand
some return for the advertising l Patrenage
and manufacturers, and a good Illustration
of the Old story of a viper warmed TO life at
the fire turning around and singing its ben
efactor.
IL seems hardly credible that any Of our
Portland wholesale merchants should have
endorsed such scheme by their presence,
but, we understand, such was the case.
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a Brilliant Lecture.

Last evening Rev. L. Il. Hallock delivered
a lecture on 1.-THE Age of Gold" at the st.
Lawrence st. Church. In most felicitous
language, the lecturer described the charac-
teristics of the golden age which is yet to
come-an age to be measured by deeds, not
by words, when manhood educated and re-
fined will become the ideal end of life. An age
when moral and intellectual advantages will
be generally valued more than wealth or
ease or fortune. An age when public libra
ries in every town will be the pride and re-
sort Of the young. An age when labor
unions will be unknown because ignorance
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RecoIIectlons OF Jenny Lind.

The newspaper mention Of the death Of
Madame Jenny Lind Goldsmith calls up~my
recollections Of her appearance on the plat
form in 1850. Mile Jenny Lind arrived In
New York from Europe early In September,
1850. After singing several times In New
York she came to Boston during the first
week in October At her first concert, the
choice of seats was sold at auction. The
first choice sold for six hundred and twenty
five dollars. 0ssian L. Dodge, himself a
vocalist was the the purchaser. There was
such a rush for tickets at the first concert
that Barnum conceived the plan Of going to
the immense hall.or open loft over the Fitch
burg railroad depot, and letting in all COM
ers, If he could persuade Mile Lind to sing
there. A special contract was made between
the parties to give two concerts there for
which she received one thousand dollars for
each evening.
Barnum with his troupe. and orchestra Of
forty pieces, then went to fremont Temple.
1 attended a concert there during the second
week in October, when Mile Jenny Lind
sang five pieces. have the pamphlet pro-
gramme now before me, with the words Of
each piece. The lowest priced seats sold for
three dollars. and all the standing room was
sold. Barnum was not so well known then
as now. The interest expressed to see him
was very warm and to crafty the audience
he appeared ON the stage and announced the
next concert, and also one to be given for
charitable purposes on the tenth, the tickets
for which were to be sold at auction on the
ninth and tenth. My reeollecti0ns OF the
great Swedish singer (then unmarried are
very distinct. At her first entrance, was
surprised at her apparent diffidenee. She
appeared as much agitated as II IL were her
first appearance on any platform. My seat
was within thirty feet Of the foot lights.
notice on the fly leaf Of my programme, In
pencil, this memorandum: Portland peo-
pie in the gallery" Charles 5. Daveis, Hor-
ace V. Bartol, Henry b. McCobb, Miss Jones
(of Park street,, - Ripley, IL. ]. Little and
lady, st. John Smith and lady, j. b. Brown
and lady and George Warren and lady.
At my side, below, sat DIR. Weston IL will
be noticed how few of these are alive.
November 9Th.
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The Largest in the World.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, Nov. THE first
truss of the Poughkeepsie bridge is finished
and swung clear to-day. 1t is 525 feet long,
SO feet deep and 35 feet wide, the largest and
heaviest steel truss in the world. The truss
rests on steel towers 100 feet high, which
stand on masonry piers. The foundations
are 125 feet below high water and rise 80 feet
above high water. The total height is 337
feet
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improving the Augusta House.

Especial 70 the Press
AUGUSTA, Nov. 7.-Mr. Chas. Milliken
contemplates making extensive improve
ments on the Augusta House another season
by building an addition which will increase
the capacity of the hotel thirty rooms; also
enlarging the dining room. He thus expects
to be able by another session of the Legisla-
ture to accommodate all who may apply
Mr.. Milliken is to add pool table to the
CONTINENTS of his house at once.
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DDMn III A0ohiub tutAC ID CNCAI GNAuCuIN
that the fir pillow craze Is not yet over. Men
there take contracts TO get out fir by the ton,
and the people are afforded plenty Of en-
plovment in collecting and shipping the
stuff.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
BY the resignation Of j. l.. Folsom the
office Of General Secretary OF the Young
Mems Christian Association OF Gardiner
was left vacant, and at a meeting held Tues
day evening Of last week j. M. L. Bates was
cessor. Mr.. Bates at present holds posi-
tion in the Richards mills.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Knights Of Labor hall at Oxford
burned Sunday. Loss 5000; insured for
$500. Cause unknown.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
People who passed the Maine State Col
lege at OrOno. Saturday morning, were start
led by the sight Of grinnlng skeleton hang
ing twelve or fifteen feet In the air, in the
rear Of Brick Hall, says the Commercial.
Some Of the Sophomores were out Friday
night.
Leonard George, aged 1s years. was found
In the wood. three miles from Bangor, yester-
day, with revolver under him and three
bullet holes over the heart. He was par
TALLY insane, and had been missing three
weeks.
Saturday afternoon, q piece Of a large
grindstone In the jail workshop at Bangor,
weighing about 100 pounds, used by Mr.. Job
COllett for grinding files, flew oil Just after
the machinery had been started. The shock
threw the stone out Of position and forced the
belt off, which struck workman named j.
Il. Meaghan, knocking him down and slight
ly injuring his head. Two other men were
standing near at the time the piece flew Of,
but they we're not injured In the least.
The following constitute the pension board
OF examining surgeons at Bangor, recently
organized: DIR. s. b. Morrison, president;
DIR. j. A. Clough, secretary; Z. N. Mayo,
treasurer.
At the session Of the Penobscot Teachers
Association In Hampden, the following OH
GERS were elected for the coming year: Pres
ident, G. A. Byram; vice president, +. A.
Spratt; treasurer, Miss Helen Il. Fox; see
retary, Miss L.. Il. Clarke; superintendent OF
reading. Miss j. A. PhilbrOOk executive
committee, Jere NJ. Hill. j. w. DOnigan,
Miss Agnes =. Chaplin. Resolutions were
submitted by the chairman Of this committee
that in the opinion Of the association there
Is no good reason for continuing the present
district system In this State, and that free
text books should DO furnished the pupils In
our public schools.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The Sagadahoc House Of Bath, which has
been run for seven years by James M. Tay-
lor, closes to the public today. Mr.. Taylor
has had several offers TO take hotel In the
West and one In New York.
YORK COUNTY.
Nelson Sanderson. proprietor Of the Ferry
Hotel at Buxton, dropped dead Sunday. He
was about 68 years Of age. A widow and
two children survive him. lie was a native
OF Buxton, but resided in Lowell, Mass, for
many years. He was widely known Ia York
county.
Several cases Of scarlet fever exist In SacO.
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS.
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 7.
The indications for New England are
fair weather, slightly colder, fresh to brisk
winds. shifting to northwesterly.
Cautionary southwest signals continue at
Narragansett section, Woods Holl, Woods
Holl section.
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me-, Nov. Z, 1887.
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
Published every day Sundays excepted) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY.

uDhNhOu CfOA1 Ndg NouAuago OAOCpbCul ny tuc
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE STREET, PORTLAND, ME
Terms Eight Dollars Year. To mail sub
scrbers. Seven Dollars a Year If paid In advance
RATES OF ADvERrIsNG-On inch OF space
constitutes square,
S1.50 per square, daily, first week; 75 cents per
week after; three insertions or less, LOO con-
tinuing every other day after first week, so cents.
HAN square, three insertions or less, 70 cents ;
one week, $1.00; 80 cents per week after.
SPECIAL NOTICES, one-third additional.
Under head OF "AMUsEMEETs" and AUCTION
SALES" $500 per square per week; three inser-
ti0ns or less, S1.60.
THE MAINE STATE PRESS.
Published every THURSDAY MORNING, at $3.50
a year; II paid in advance $500 year.
Advertisements inserted In the .MAINE STATE
PRESS" (which has large circulation. in every
part of the State) for 90 per square for first in
sertion. and 90 cents per square for each subse-
quent insertion.
Address ell communications to
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co.
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doings unless they are to be made the seape-
goats for everything. That is what It has
Come to. Schwab and Fielden concur in
Fischer wrote: 81 don't know what tn
think of it. | cannot comprehend that
Lingg intended to take the lives of the jail
officials. who, in every respect, treated us
very kindly. Neither s do believe he wanted
to commit suicide, because he possesses too
Be nv fate what it may, | will be grateful to
the jail officials for their kind treatment to
the last.
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Knights Of Pythlas Fair at Buxton.

The Narraganset Lodge, Knights of Pyth-
las, of Buxton, are to hold a fair at theirnew
hall at Buxton Centre on November 18th,
10th and 18th. The funds realized therefrom
to be used in furnishing the hail. Portland
firms have contributed through 5. Meserve
& Son as follows:
Cousens ~ Tomlinson, chest Of tea.
Portland Stove Foundry Co., one parlOr stove
l.. +. Jones & Co.. one hanging lamp.
g. A. Perry the Halter, one carriage robe.
Chenery & Co., Fancy goods
ii. II. Kicker, essences.
w. III. Miken Il Co., dry goods
Lord Haskell & Co., boots and shoes.
Burbank, Douglass & Co., stand. lamp, commode
set.
Loring Short & Harmon, stationery and books.
f. l.. Stanwood & Co., toilet articles.
West Il Calderwood, barrel crackers.
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Troops Called Out.

Great excitement was caused tonight by
the announcement that Colonel Ewert, As
sistant Adjutant General, had notified the
commanders of two Springfield companies
of the Fifth Regiment of the State militia to
hold their companies in readiness to assem-
BILE for service, the signal to be three taps of
the fire bells. Men in military uniform are
seen on the streets and all they can tell is
that they have been notified to be ready to
respond to the signal. Ii is not known what
the object Of the order is nor where the
troops are expected to be sent. The belief
is prevalent that they have been ordered TO
Chicago.
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Mean daily bar. .29.75 Maximum ther. .65.7
Mean daily ther.. 51.3 Minimum ther. ...S77
Mean daily d'wpt31.3 Max. vel wnd... 20
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT
(Nov. 8, 1887, 1000 P.M.)
Observations taken at the same moment OF time
at all efafiOns
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Harry F. Beedy, Esq, of the counsel for
Bates College; Hon. Joseph E. Holman and
Arthur F. Belcher, ESQ.,, of the counsel of
tine contestants; Josiah II. Thompson, Esq.
Clerk of Courts; Elmer E. Richards, Esq,
Register of Probate; Hon. Fred G. Perkins,
selectman of Pennington; Rev. Ozro Roys,
Capt. William True, DR.. John j. Linscott,
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis B. Butler. Miss Estelle
Higgins, David Presson, ex-Register of
Deeds Bracket. Mr.. E. N. Allen, and many
others,
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From 1884 to 1872 New Hampshire had
president instead OF Governor as its
chief executive officer.